Jonathan Schaffer's defense attorney said today he expects
his client to be convicted in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend.

The 33-year-old Schaffer is accused of repeatedly stabbing
and slashing Lauren Wolstenholme in September 2012 in their Allentown apartment
in the 400 block of South 18th Street. Schaffer's trial on a single count of homicide began today before Lehigh County Judge James Anthony.

"I don't expect a not guilty verdict here. There should be
consequences, but it should not be first-degree" murder, Supplee told the jury this morning.

Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Dimmig countered that
Schaffer's comments after the killing showed he had malice and the intent to
kill Wolstenholme -- factors needed to convict him of first-degree murder.

Soon after the attack, Schaffer called his mother and told
her he killed Wolstenholme, Dimmig said.

Schaffer called an ex-girlfriend and told her they started
fighting and Wolstenholme wasn't breathing anymore; the woman called 911,
Dimmig said.

And when Schaffer spoke to police, he said, "She got me and I
got her," Dimmig said.

All told Wolstenholme had 40-plus cuts and stab wounds, and
Dimmig pointed to the parts of his body as he named where they were to the jury
-- Wolstenholme's back, hands, arm, face, scalp and neck.

Schaffer had cuts on his fingers and an abrasion on his
forearm, Dimmig said.

At a previous hearing Supplee said he was planning to use
what's known as an "imperfect" self-defense. Supplee argued a combination of Schaffer's drunkenness and a mental defect meant that when Wolstenholme came at
him when he walked through the door to their apartment, he slashed her.

"She was enraged over something," and came at Schaffer
swinging, Supplee said. "Things just went crazy going forward."

Schaffer, who worked as a cook at Pistachio Bar and Grill,
was drinking during his double shift on Sept.
7, 2012, and stayed after his shift was over to drink with
co-workers at the bar, Supplee said.

Dimmig said Wolstenholme was working that night as well at
Bonefish Grill at the Lehigh Valley Mall. Wolstenholme got off work at 12:27 a.m. Sept. 8, went to Burger King to buy
two pies and called Schaffer on the way home, Dimmig said.

The call ended close to 12:45
a.m. and by 1:06 a.m.
Schaffer was on the phone with his mother saying he killed Wolstenholme, Dimmig
says.